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Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA

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Re: Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA

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Is Wikipedia a bad place to work or something? I'd imagine it must be pretty relaxed/cushy, albeit probably at the lower end of market comp for software jobs in particular. Does the union stipulate the workers cannot be replaced with AI?

> I'd imagine it must be pretty relaxed/cushy, albeit probably at the lower end of market comp for software jobs in particular.

Based on what?

Re: Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA

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Is Wikipedia a bad place to work or something? I'd imagine it must be pretty relaxed/cushy, albeit probably at the lower end of market comp for software jobs in particular. Does the union stipulate the workers cannot be replaced with AI?

Right? If your logo[1] is going to be a fist raised in defiance you'd better at least have something you're trying to fight about. And if you're going to brag about succeeding in your vote at least give an idea about WHY you want a union in the first place.

There are unionization attempts I understand like Amazon warehouse workers and unionization attempts that I don't like the Minneapolis small coffee chain workers whose demands included being able to decide the milk supplier. One seems like standing up for necessary rights, the other seems like cosplay.

1. https://wikiworkersunited.org/

Re: Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Does the union stipulate the workers cannot be replaced with AI? That wouldn't get them off the hook. https://unitedagenticworkers.org/

Is that site a joke?

Yes

Re: Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA

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It looks like WMF employs about 700 people worldwide.

"On 3 September 2026, the WWU–US NLRB election was successful, with 158 of the 172 ballots cast supporting unionisation"

My read is this is privileged kids play-acting their political fantasies. You could just...get a job that pays 2-5x as much elsewhere if you actually want fair exchange of labor for money?

I would be shocked if anyone but the janitors was working at WMF in an "exchanging labor for money" sense.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Workers_United

Re: Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA

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Is Wikipedia a bad place to work or something? I'd imagine it must be pretty relaxed/cushy, albeit probably at the lower end of market comp for software jobs in particular. Does the union stipulate the workers cannot be replaced with AI?

Right? If your logo[1] is going to be a fist raised in defiance you'd better at least have something you're trying to fight about. And if you're going to brag about succeeding in your vote at least give an idea about WHY you want a union in the first place. There are unionization attempts I understand like Amazon warehouse workers and unionization attempts that I don't like the Minneapolis small coffee chain workers…

Yeah, I posted before I saw your comment here but "cosplay" is a good word for it.

Re: Wikimedia Foundation Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form Union with CWA

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Is Wikipedia a bad place to work or something? I'd imagine it must be pretty relaxed/cushy, albeit probably at the lower end of market comp for software jobs in particular. Does the union stipulate the workers cannot be replaced with AI?

Unions are not just for bad employers.

Yes nowadays new unions are basically for employers who have a very ideologically liberal workplace - coffee shops, open source, etc
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